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Flash Sentry. The nicest guy you could possibly know. Always there for you. Always a gentleman. Always a friend.

Always a friend...

And nothing more.

Now in his mid-thirties and still single, he finds himself struggling with yet another romantic rejection...

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Orrm #2 · Aug 12th, 2019 · · 1 ·

Flash Sentry, is utterly foolish, isn't he? He goes after those who wish not with him but rejects every single one that desires him.

A fair guess would be that he didn't even give them a chance.

I can't tell whether it's arrogance or ignorance. For now, I'll settle for calling it, Tomfollery.

9778628 Agreed. That doesn't sound like the Flash I've seen. The Vinyl one I can understand since he was into Twilight and it wouldn't have been right to go out with someone else when you have feeling for another person, but the other times I don't buy.

...Hope.

That is surely what Flashy needs. Or... he could meet a lady with the name Hope? I'm sure I can hook him up with- oh who am I kidding. He's hopeless!

xD

This was so nice of a read!

This is heard to read. It just feels too real. At least for me, I can definitely relate to this.

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Truth be told, I wrote this based on personal experience.

Comment posted by Disavowed ASH deleted Aug 13th, 2019

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Glad I invoked the proper feelings! :twilightsmile:

Also, thanks for pointing out the error. The things I miss when I'm in the zone. XD

9778858
"Beggars cannot be choosers."

Reminds me of Aggretsuko, where in the first season, this is deconstructed, as it becomes obvious that Ritsuko's date simply doesn't have the same emotion investment she has, and he just goes along with whatever as she burns herself out.

The SECOND season meanwhile, it hits Ritsuko with the truth that these men she thinks are nice aren't just going to politely wait around for her for eternity.

9778628
Have you ever been asked out by somebody who you didn't like in that way? Or somebody who you never even talked to before? It sucks. What're you supposed to do? Give them false hope that maybe you reciprocate even though you don't?

9779821
The guy blatantly rejected people while getting rejected himself when he came on to people who thought of him as a friend. Then he bitches about why no one wants to be with him.

See the problem?

9779885
There has to be some kind of attraction for a relationship to happen. Forcing yourself to be with someone you're not interested in is just gonna make everyone miserable.

9780044
Yes, but not giving someone a chance while complaining on how others do the same thing for you is simply hypocritical.

Who knows, maybe after a date or two the two people may like each other rto some extent, however if a person does not take advantage of given opportunities then he only has himself to blame.

9780099
One date was, I thought, the usual protocol in such an extremely specific situation. Dunno how common the situation is.

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Yeah I figured. It's a good journalling exercise, but it is not quite in character I think.

Since it may help others, I will share a bit. Personally no one ever asked me out. Well not after elementary school but that doesnt really count. Point is, I soldiered on. I did dislike people saying it was ok to be single. Kinda missed the point. Or reading I should wait for it to come to me or like myself first. Tried the former, led to either heartbreak or nothing. And I did like myself. Still do. I'm pretty great. :P

Anyway, online dating is obnoxious. Probably better atm since many people are stuck at home but between poorly designed sites, inactive profiles, fake profiles, and paywalls, it's an enormous pain. Still it did work out for me eventually, so I cant be too hard on it. 'Cosplay' was the search that did it. :P

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Oh, I may still be single, but I most definitely love myself. I just need to work on a couple of things, that's all.

I did give online dating a try, but no luck.

10314881
Oh it took me years. I still kept an eye out IRL, but most of my social activity was predominately males, and you know, not my thing. For sites I met the most people in person through eHarmony (the up-front survey means people on there are actually serious), but Christian Mingle was where I met my now-wife. Of course, that one only applies if you actually are Christian. Also naturally a lotta uptight people on that one, but it runs more of a gamut than you'd think.

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Yeah, I'm not Christian, so it wouldn't be for me.

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Ah well, just talking about my experience. Oh, and word of warning for the curious: There exist specialty singles (like Brony singles) sites, but they're usually poorly run and under-populated, when they aren't total scams. Not speaking of any specific ones, just in general.

Also most sites send 'notifications' that aren't from real profiles to try to get you to pay. Reverse image search is your friend there: fake profiles often use stock images.

Know this has gotten a bit off topic, but it's not the sort of thing you often get to pass on your experience with very often.

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Fair enough. Thanks for the insight! :twilightsmile:

Good afternoon! Thank you, it's awesome story!

Confusion. He had always been a nice guy! Why couldn't he find a girl?!

Sometimes you just have to be patient to get what you want. :fluttershysad:

Twilight Sparkle. The Princess of Friendship from another dimension. Flash chuckled despite himself. The one time the attraction was mutual. The one time, and she just had to be royalty! From another dimension! And of course she was the Princess of Friendship ! Why couldn't she have been the Princess of Love, if such a princess existed? Then again, knowing his luck, she'd be drop-dead fucking hot and taken.

Cadance, who is the princess of love, is and has a child too. Sorry, Flash. :applecry:

Twilight Sparkle. Not the Princess of Friendship, but this dimension's Twilight Sparkle. A spitting image of her Equestrian counterpart's human form, save for the wider rose highlight in her hair, hairstyle and glasses. It was almost a cruel reminder of something he knew he couldn't have, which was only made worse at Camp Everfree. There Twilight met up with Timber Spruce, a camp counselor. Right off the bat the two formed a connection, then started dating at the end of the week. He remained calm on the outside during that week, but on the inside disbelief and frustration festered until Sunset gave him the tough love he needed. And yet, even after all these years, Flash still thought of it as a giant cosmic middle finger whenever he got rejected.

I'm pretty sure both twilights have the same hair highlight? :unsuresweetie:

Sunset and Flash were sitting across from each other a cafe, waiting for their food to arrive. The clanking of plates and the scents of coffee and various food wafted around them, and the former had just finished telling the latter about his most recent rejection.

each other at a cafe,*

...Hope.

That a boy! :yay:

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